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• This invention relates to the synthesis of aldehydes, and particularly to the preparation of aldehydes by hydroformylation.
• nonyl aldehyde can be prepared by hydroformylation of octyl bromide (C.A. 60 [1964] 2847e). It is also known that alcohols can be converted to aldehydes in low yields by hydroformylation (J.A.C.S. 74 [1952] 4079). These known methods have not found industrial applications because they are not ecomonical.
• the exact function of the amide in the aldehyde formation is not yet known.
• the amide appears to participate in the reaction leading to the aldehyde, and limited tests indicate that an amide group present in the alcohol or ester employed as a starting material has an analogous effect. If the amide has an active hydrogen atom attached to its amide nitrogen, it reacts with the aldehyde formed and with available carbon monoxide according to the reaction disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,766,266 to form an N-acyl- ⁇ -amino acid.
• Alcohols suitable for producing aldehydes according to the method of the invention include the alkanols, substituted alkanols, and saturated alicyclic alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, isobutanol, ⁇ -cyanopropanol, ⁇ -methylmercaptoethanol, ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethoxybutanol, stearyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, 2,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol, 2-hydroxymethylindole, cyclohexanol, and 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol.
• the hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid esters of these alcohols are representative of the esters suitable as starting materials for the aldehyde.
• alcohols which contain groups acting as electron donors for the alcoholic hydroxyl group and have an absolute pK R + value of not less than -18 (for definitions, see D. Bethell et al, "Carbonium Ions", Academic Press, New York, 1967).
• Such alcohols include tert-butanol, anise alcohol, p-methoxybenzyl alcohol, veratryl alcohol, and p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol.
• esters useful for this invention those of benzyl alcohol with and without substituents in the benzene ring have greatest ecomonic importance at this time.
• the starting materials preferred for carrying out the method of this invention are alcohols of the formula ##STR1## wherein R, R', R" may be hydrogen or lower alkyl, R also may be cycloalkyl having up to six carbon atoms, phenyl, chlorophenyl, monohydroxyphenyl, dihydroxyphenyl, mono-lower-alkoxyphenyl, or di-lower-alkoxyphenyl, lower alkyl and lower alkoxy having up to four carbon atoms, and the hydrochloric acid or hydrobromic acid esters of these alcohols.
• the amides employed may be derived from any carboxylic acid, more specifically, any aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic, or heterocyclic acid, and neither the number of carbon atoms nor the specific chemical structure are critical. Cyclic amides are effective as well.
• Suitable amides is illustrated by, but not limited to, formamide, acetamide, glycinamide, phthalylglycinaminde, pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid, pyrrolidonecarboxamide, N-acetylmethionine amide, benzamide, propionamide, L- and DL-aspartic acid amide, the corresponding leucinamides, nicotinamide, and their N-monoalkyl and N-dialkyl derivatives such as N-methylformamide, N-dimethylformamide, N-diethylformamide, N-methylacetamide, and N-dimethylacetamide, to name merely those having the lowest number of carbon atoms and being most conveniently available.
• the ratio of carbon monoxide to hydrogen in the reaction zone is not critical, but enough of each gas should be available to permit completion of the reaction if high yields are desired, that is, at least 1 mole carbon monoxide and 1 mole hydrogen per mole of the alcohol or halide ester in the aldehyde formation.
• the gases employed need not satisfy particular purity requirements although catalyst poisons will be avoided if the reaction is intended to continue over an extended period. Nitrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide, which are normal minor constituents of water gas, have no adverse effect on the reaction.
• the catalysts effective for the purpose of the invention are those known to be useful in carbonylation and hydroformylation reactions, and include, as principal active element, one of the transition elements of Group VIII of the Periodic Table, namely the iron group metals (iron, cobalt and nickel) and the platinum group metals (ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and plantinum).
• catalysts including one of the elements of the iron group, particularly cobalt are preferred. They may be supplied to the reaction zone as carbonyls, as metals, preferably finely dispersed, or as salts or complex compounds which form the carbonyls under the reaction conditions. Better results are often obtained when compounds containing phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, or halogen, which are known promoters for hydroformylation and carbonylation reactions, are also used as ligands.
• halide esters When halide esters are used as starting materials, hydrogen halides are formed as by-products. In this event, the reaction is carried out more smoothly in the presence of acid acceptors, such as alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of weak acids, such as potassium acetate and magnesium propionate; organic bases, such as pyridine and triethylamine; and inorganic bases, such as ammonia and sodium hydroxide.
• acid acceptors such as alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of weak acids, such as potassium acetate and magnesium propionate
• organic bases such as pyridine and triethylamine
• inorganic bases such as ammonia and sodium hydroxide.
• an excess of amide is not required, and the amide is effective when present in the reaction mixure in a concentration of at least 0.01 mole per liter.
• the mole ratio of the amide to the alcohol or halide is not critical, but an excess of the amide tends to increase the yield.
• the amount of catalyst employed varies with the metal used, but is is usually within the range of 1 to 0.01 mole per mole of the product formed.
• the reaction temperature is not critical, but it is preferably between 50° and 200 ° C.
• the reaction pressure is usually within the range of 10 to 500 atmospheres, as in many carbonylation and hydroformylation reactions.
• the reaction is preferably carried out in a system which includes a solvent as a diluent.
• a solvent as a diluent.
• the solvents normally employed in carbonylation and hydroformylation reactions are also effective for this invention.
• a halide ester is used as a starting material, especially together with a neutralizing agent (an acid acceptor), a mixture of water and an organic solvent sparingly soluble in cold water is preferred as a reaction medium for convenient operation and good yield.
• Suitable organic solvents include hydrocarbons such as toluene, benzene and hexane; ketones such as methyl isobutyl ketone and methyl ethyl ketone; ethers such as diethyl ether and dibutyl ether; nitriles such as butyronitrile and benzonitrile; and esters such as ethyl acetate and butyl acetate.
• aldehydes prepared by the method of this invention are well-known useful chemicals, while the N-acyl derivatives may be hydrolyzed in an obvious manner to yield amino acids.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 120° C for 20 minutes. The reactor was then cooled, and a blue liquid was poured from the reactor. From analysis of a sample by gas chromatography, the reaction mixture was found to contain 26.1 millimoles of phenylacetaldehyde, which corresponds to a 52.2% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 110° C for 30 minutes, whereby 12 millimoles of the gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was then cooled, and the reaction mixture was poured from the reactor.
• the mixture consisted of 40 ml of a yellowish-brown upper layer and 11 ml of a reddish-purple lower layer.
• the amounts of phenylacetaldehyde in the upper and lower layers were found by gas chromatography to be 28 and 2 millimole respectively, which corresponds to a 60% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• reaction mixture A sample of the reaction mixture was analyzed by gas chromatography, and the whole reaction mixture was found to contain 24.3 millimoles of p-chlorophenylacetaldehyde, which corresponds to a 48.6% yield based on the p-chlorobenzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 110° C for 20 minutes, whereby 30 millimoles gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was cooled, and a blue liquid was poured from the reactor. It was found to contain 32 milliequivalents of a carboxylic acid.
• the carboxylic acid was adsorbed on an anion exchange resin (Amberlite-4B), and the material recovered by elution was identified as N-acetylphenylalanine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and mass spectra.
• reaction mixture was treated with diazomethane to convert the N-acetylphenylalanine therein to N-acetylphenylalanine methyl ester.
• concentration of the ester was determined by gas chromatography, and the reaction mixture was calculated to contain 28.4 millimoles of N-acetylphenylalanine which corresponds to a 56.8% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 120° C for 20 minutes, whereby 67.6 millimoles of the gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was cooled, and a blue liquid was poured from the reactor. It was found to contain 40 milliequivalents of a carboxylic acid.
• the carboxylic acid was adsorbed on an anion exchange resin (Amberlite-4B), and the material recovered by elution was identified as N-acetylphenylalanine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and mass spectra.
• the amount of N-acetylphenylalanine in the reaction mixture was determined by gas chromatography of a sample after treatment with diazomethane to be 38.6 millimoles, which corresponds to a 77.2% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 110° C for 1 hour.
• the reaction mixture was worked up as in Example 4.
• the N-acetylphenylalanine waas found to amount to 30.8 millimoles, which corresponds to a 61.6% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 110° C for 30 minutes, whereby 38 millimoles of the gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was then cooled, and the reaction mixture was poured from the reactor.
• the mixture consisted of 40 ml of a yellowish-brown upper layer and 10 ml of a reddish-purple lower layer.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 130° C for 30 minutes, whereby 50 millimoles of the gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was cooled, and a blue liquid was poured from the reactor. It was found to contain 36 milliequivalents of a carboxylic acid.
• the carboxylic acid was adsorbed on an anion exchange resin (Amberlite-4B), and the material recovered by elution was identified as N-benzoylphenylalanine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and mass spectra.
• the N-benzoylphenylalanine in another sample of the reaction mixture was determined by gas chromatography after treatment with diazomethane. The whole reaction mixture was found to contain 32.5 millimoles of N-benzoylphenylalanine, which corresponds to a 65% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 80° C for 100 minutes.
• the reactor was cooled, and the reaction mixture was poured from the reactor. It consisted of 36 ml of a faintly yellowish-green upper layer and 13 ml of a purple lower layer.
• the whole reaction mixture was diluted to 100 ml with methanol
• the resulting solution was analyzed by gas chromatography and was found to contain 30 millimoles of N-methylacetylphenylalanine, which corresponds to a 60% yield based on the benzyl chloride employed.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 120° C for 30 minutes, whereby 160 millimoles of the gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was cooled, and a red liquid was poured from the reactor. It was found to contain 70 millimoles of a carbonyl compound by reaction with hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
• the contents of the reactor were stirred at 110° C for 20 minutes, whereby 80 millimoles gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was cooled, and a red liquid was poured therefrom. It was found to contain 43 millimoles of a carbonyl compound.
• the contents of the reactor was stirred at 110° C for 50 minutes, whereby 101.3 millimoles of the gas were absorbed.
• the reactor was cooled, and a faintly yellow liquid was poured therefrom. It was found to contain 26.9 milliequivalents of a carboxylic acid.
• the carboxylic acid was recovered by means of an anion exchange resin (Amberlite-4B) and identified as N-acetylveratrylglycine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and mass spectra.
• the N-acetylveratrylglycine was determined by gas chromatography after treatment with diazomethane to amount to 23.4 millimoles, which corresponds to a 46.8% yield based on the veratryl alcohol employed.
• the carboxylic acid was recovered by means of an anion exchange resin and identified as N-acetyl-O-methyltyrosine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and NMR spectra.
• the N-acetyl-O-methyltyrosine was determined by gas chromatography after treatment with diazomethane to amount to 25 millimoles, which corresponds to a 50% yield based on the anise alcohol employed.
• the carboxylic acid was recovered by means of an anion exchange resin (Amberlite-4B) and identified as N-acetyltyrosine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and NMR spectra.
• N-acetylleucine and N-acetyl-3-methylvaline had been produced.
• the amounts of N-acetylleucine and N-acetyl-3-methylvaline were respectively found to be 11.5 millimoles (23.0% yield based on the alcohol) and 1.8 millimoles (3.6% yield) by gas chromatograpy.
• Example 13 A sample of the mixture was worked up as in Example 13 after removal of the acetic acid formed.
• the recovered carboxylic acid was identified as N-acetylveratrylglycine by elementary analysis, melting point, and infrared and mass spectra.
• the N-acetylveratrylglycine was found by gas chromatography after treatment with diazomethane to amount to 15 millimoles which corresponds to a 30% yield based on the veratryl alcohol acetate employed.
• the residual benzyl chloride and the phenylacetaldehyde formed were determined by gas chromatography of a sample, and another sample was reacted with diazomethane and analyzed for N-acetylphenylalanine methyl ester. It was found that 97% of the benzyl chloride originally present had been consumed, and that 25% of the benzyl chloride had been converted to phenylacetaldehyde while 56% was converted to N-acetylphenylalanine.

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